Here’s a forgotten moment from the early noughties in which a considerably more youthful-looking Louis Van Gaal displays complete lack of patience when answering media questions during a spell as Barcelona boss.
With the fires already burning from a very fractious relationship with former World Player of the Year, Rivaldo, in which the Brazilian was extremely vocal of his misgivings for the Dutchman, one brave journalist truly got on the wrong side of Van Gaal and took the brunt of an epic rant.
Insinuating that Van Gaal’s recent decision to detail the reasons for dropping the Brazilian in the previous match was breaking a dressing room agreement, Van Gaal unloaded with;
You’re very bad! Saying I broke my pact with Rivaldo? I never broke my pact. You’re very bad. Very very bad. No, no, no, you’re very bad. Very bad! ALWAYS negative. NEVER positive. ALWAYS negative.
Needless to say the future Manchester United manager’s relationship with the Spanish press at the time was a mutual hatred.